Two white men in front of the Best Mattress Co. building, observing the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.
A Confederate flag is hanging from the top of the building. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and ended on June 26 in Jackson, Mississippi. Meredith was injured by gunshots shortly after setting out, and he was not able to rejoin the march until June 25. The event was covered in the i...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/9347 |